Opening night of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was magical indeed! 500+ in attendance in Lower City Park. Free Shakespeare runs through June 28. riversidetheatre.org/midsummer
Riverside Theatre presents the world premiere of The Fiancé by Emily Bohannon
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"Jody Hovland as Bea gave among my favorite live performances I have ever seen," writes Jessica Cline of Riverside Theatre's latest. "She is, thanks to her impeccable timing, unbelievably funny and managed beautiful moments of earnestness with ease."
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Adam Knight and playwright Emily Bohannon chat with KCCK's Culture Crawl about the world premiere of "The Fiancé." Performances start Thursday!
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On the opening night — and the world premiere — of The Fiancé at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City, among the first things I noted was how the playwright, Emily Bohannon, describes her body of work...
https://vimeo.com/1182614491?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Riverside Theatre hosts the world premiere of “The Fiancé” April 16-May 3. Riverside Artistic Director Adam Knight directs his predecessors, Riversi...
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On the opening night — and the world premiere — of The Fiancé at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City, among the first things I noted was how the playwright, Emily Bohannon, describes her body of work...
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Playwright Emily Bohannon and two of the stars of Riverside Theatre’s The Fiancé discuss working on this world premiere that you can see on stage in Iowa City April 16–May 3.
Honored (and thrilled) that Riverside is a recipient of the 2026/27 Shakespeare in American Communities grant through the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest -- the ONLY Iowa-based theatre to receive this prestigious support.
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Playwright Emily Bohannon on trusting Riverside Theatre with 'The Fiancé'
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“I used to dream about a time in my life when I could just be an artist."
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Riverside Theatre, Iowa City
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More than $1 million in grants will support Shakespeare programming for young people and theater apprenticeship programs across America.
After more than a decade, Emily Bohannon, a graduate of the Juilliard Playwrights Program, finally got to see her play, The Fiancé, produced for the first time in Iowa City's Riverside Theatre. The wo...
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Two people sit on a couch across from each other on stage, eyes fixed on one another as the lights dim and curtains close. Almost immediately, the audience breaks into a mix of cheers, claps, and laug...
